Indus OS was founded by three IIT-Bombay alumni — Rakesh Deshmukh, Akash Dongre and Sudhir B.

Indus OS is currently available in 12 languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Assamese and Urdu.

“Indus OS is well-poised to reach 100 million users in the next three years and emerge as the undisputed leader in indigenous-language technology in emerging markets,” claimed Rakesh Deshmukh, co-founder and CEO, Deshmukh.

Indus OS also recently signed an MoU with the Government of India’s Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) to develop a native operating system with integrated text-to-speech technology in regional languages.

It also plans to work with other domestic and global phone brands to bring digital connectivity to smaller urban centres, non-metro and rural areas.

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